§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment;, further to his reply to the hon. Member for
Number of redundancies reported as due to occur (a) North-West Region (b) Merseyside Special Development Area (c) KirkbyEmployment Office Area (d) Ormskirk Employment Office Area 1980 97,825 19,282 2,117 353 January to February 1981* 15,237 4.152 451 — Pending* 10,728 1,614 315 — *Provisional figures Separate statistics of the number of firms reporting redundancies involving closure are not available prior to 1981. The numbers of firms who have reported to the
Number of redundancies reported as due to occur (a) North-West Region (b) Merseyside Special Development Area (c) KirkbyEmployment Office Area (d) Ormskirk Employment Office Area January to February 1981 68 12 1 — Pending 16 3 — — *Provisional figures